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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VII, Issue 143, 17 June 1872, Page 4

The Marquis of Landeowne has been appointed Under Secretary for War. The Ballot Bill is passed. The wool sales proceed heavily, excepting scoured prices 2d. to 3d. (?, lower). Prince Charlie won the Newmarket stakes of 2000 guineas ; Cremorne 2nd ; Queen's Messenger 3rd. Eien won the 1000 guinea stakes. May 8. In the Chester Cap, Inveresk was 1, So wear 2, and Neapolitan 3. Canada will abolish duties on tea and coffee, after 31st July. Exports of Great Britain for the month of April show an increase of four and a-half millions sterling. May 9. There is a hitch in the Alabama negotiation. The prospects of settlement are cloudy. On Earl Granville's urgent appeal, Lord Russell, for the third time, postponed his motion, on his promising to produce papers in connection with the question before Whitsuntide. The Pacific Islanders Bill has passed. Prince Hohenlohe, Germany's representative at the Vatican, has been rejected by the Pope. The New Zealand Kapanga Goldmining Company is announced with a capital of £100,000. May 10. The American journals announce tha» the Government is iully determined to ask no further compromise regarding indirect claims. The Congressional therefore expects that England will withdraw from the Geneva Arbitration. M. Thiers' Government has resolved to arraign Marshal Bazaine before a court martial. An analogous decision is imminent with reference to General Wimpfen.